Toronto - Dermatology

University of TorontoToronto, OntarioIMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 10 Oct 2025

From the 2026 match (R-1 2026). See the 2027 version

Positions (approx. quota): 1 position
Length: 5 years
Stream: IMG
Discipline: Dermatology
Applications per year: 51–200
Applicants offered interviews: 26–50%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 29210

Bands are 5-year averages the program reports to CaRMS. They describe past cycles, not your odds.

Summary

The University of Toronto Dermatology Residency Program provides an outstanding, broad-based education in dermatology. Established in 1964, it is the largest dermatology faculty in Canada and one of the largest globally. The program offers comprehensive clinical education encompassing medical and surgical approaches to skin disorders across diverse patient populations.

Training

Research

Residents are encouraged to participate in research, with options to dedicate elective time to full-time research in basic science, clinical, and health systems research.

Training setting

Urban academic medical centers in Toronto, including four main teaching sites: Hospital for Sick Children, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University Health Network, and Women's College Hospital.

Teaching approach

Competency-based medical education with progressive independence, emphasizing comprehensive training across medical and surgical dermatology, with a focus on lifelong learning and interprofessional collaboration.

Setting types

Academic medical center
Tertiary care center
Community hospital
Pediatric hospital

Focus areas

Immunodermatology
Complex medical dermatology
Inflammatory dermatoses
Lymphomas
Photobiology
Dermatological surgery
Contact dermatitis
Hair and nail diseases
HIV dermatology
Dermatoses in skin of colour
Wound care
Pediatric dermatology
Skin cancer
Pharmacology

Patient populations

Newborn to elderly patients
Patients with complex skin disorders
Pediatric patients
Patients with cutaneous lymphomas
Patients requiring cosmetic and surgical dermatology

Highlights

Full academic day for PGY3-5 residents
Funded attendance at continuing medical education events
Access to electronic medical resources
Research opportunities
Specialty clinics in psoriasis, skin cancers, pigmented lesions
Dermatologic Surgery and Cosmetic Surgery Program
Comprehensive dermatopathology instruction

Strengths

Largest dermatology faculty in Canada
Comprehensive multidisciplinary training
Strong research infrastructure
Diverse clinical exposure
Extensive specialty clinic experience

Enhanced skills

Dermatologic Surgery
Cosmetic Dermatology
Pediatric Dermatology
Dermatopathology

By year

PGY-1

General MedicineSt. Michael's Hospital, Sunnybrook, University Health Network8 weeks
General PediatricsHospital For Sick Children, St. Joseph's Health Centre, and various community clinics8 Weeks
Emergency MedicineMt. Sinai Hospital, Sunnybrook, University Health Network8 weeks
Infectious DiseasesSt. Michael's Hospital, Sunnybrook, University Health Network8 weeks
RheumatologyMt. Sinai Hospital, St. Michael's Hospital, Sunnybrook, University Health Network8 weeks
DermatologySunnybrook, University Health Network, Women's College Hospital4 weeks
Allergy and ImmunologySt. Michael's Hospital4 weeks
Outpatient Experience 1(Pigmented Lesions, Phototherapy,Mouth Clinic, Wound Care,Lymphoma Clinic)Sunnybrook, Women's College Hospital4 weeks

PGY-2

DermatologySt. Joseph's Health Centre, Sunnybrook, University Health Network, Women's College Hospital16 weeks
Plastic SurgerySt. Joseph's Health Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, Sunnybrook, Women's College Hospital8 weeks
Community, Cosmetic, and Contact DermatitisSunnybrook and two community offices4 weeks
Occupational Medicine and Community ClinicsSt. Michael's Hospital and two community offices4 Weeks
Tropical MedicineToronto General Hospital4 weeks
Clinicopathologic CorrelationCommunity and hospital practice for both dermatology and dermatopathology components4 weeks
Wound CareWomen's College Hospital4 weeks
Pediatric DermatologyHospital for Sick Children4 weeks
Outpatient Experience 2(Melanoma, Phototherapy, Cutaneous Oncology, Wound Care)Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook, Women's College Hospital4 weeks

PGY-3

General Clinic Dermatology including inpatient and outpatient exposureSunnybrook (6 months), Toronto Western Hospital (3 months), Women's College Hospital (3 months), Selective (3 months)15 months
Senior Resident Clinic (concurrent in PGY4 or PGY5 years)Hospital for Sick Children, Sunnybrook, Toronto Western Hospital, or Women's College Hospital3–12 months
DermatopathologySunnybrook, University Health Network, Women's College Hospital6 months
Elective or Dedicated Research TimeVarious sites6 months
Pediatric DermatologyHospital For Sick Children4.5 months
Dermatologic SurgeryWomen's College Hospital3 months
Community ClinicsCommunity1.5 months

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

Academic record
Personal letter
Reference letters
Elective experiences
Research/Publications
Interpersonal skills
Leadership skills
Interview performance

Applications per year

51–200

Applicants offered interviews

26–50%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 23 Jan 2026

Programs can change interview dates. Confirm on carms.ca.

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 6 Jan 2025 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Contract expired, may change.

Annual salary by PGY level, Ontario
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$73,367 / year
PGY-2	$79,670 / year
PGY-3	$85,564 / year
PGY-4	$92,701 / year
PGY-5	$98,567 / year

One provincial scale for Ontario, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 levels this program covers.

Call

Call (provincial max): 7 nights in 28 in-house

The union agreement’s cap for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. Check with the program.

PARO agreement, 1 Jul 2023 to 30 Jun 2026. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed.

Hospital facts

Hospital size and activity: Ontario doesn't publish this as open data.

Unfilled positions in past years

No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.

Positions at this site, all streams.

A position can go unfilled because of where the site is, because it is open to IMGs only or to another restricted stream, or because the quota changed late. It says nothing about the quality of the training. Verify with the CaRMS lists. Source: CaRMS’s lists of positions open after round 1 and after round 2, as read in October 2026 (latest: 2026 round 1 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab), 2026 round 2 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab)). A site’s numbers are shown when it had positions open after round 1 in at least 2 of 8 years or at least 3 in one year.

Contacts

Contacts weren't collected for the 2026 match.

The current program director and contacts are on the 2027 version of this program and on the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab).

Location

Toronto, Ontario

About the city

Public statistics for the place named by this program’s location label, each with its source and reference period. They describe the place, not the program, and are not a ranking. Check each source before you rely on it.

Climate

Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020. Each value comes from the nearest weather station that reports it, not from the city itself.

January average: −3.5 °C Toronto (City), 11.0 km away
July average: 22.5 °C Toronto (City), 11.0 km away
Snowfall: 114.5 cm a year Toronto Pearson (Airport), 12.7 km away
Days below −20 °C: 1.6 days a year Toronto (City), 11.0 km away

People

2021 Census. Figures are for the municipality of Toronto, not the metropolitan area. Statistics Canada rounds counts, so small places are approximate.

Population: 2,794,356 people up 2.3% from 2016
Official languages: English only 86.9% · French only 0.1% · English and French 8.5% · neither 4.5% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 46.6% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 7.2% · non-permanent residents: 5.3%
Indigenous identity: 0.8% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 61.0% · public transit 26.2% · walking or cycling 9.6% · other 3.2% Average commute: 30.7 minutes. Shares are of people who commute.The way Canadians commute was altered in 2021 by the pandemic, with lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19 and changes in how and where Canadians worked leading to 2.8 million fewer commuters, compared with five years earlier. Statistics Canada, The Daily, 30 Nov 2022(opens in a new tab)
Median household income: $84,000 before tax $74,000 after tax · income year 2020, in 2020 dollars

Rural and remote

This describes the place named by the program’s location label. Programs can train in several towns, so it is not every site.

Population centre: Toronto, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people) 5,647,656 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.000 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.

Housing, cost and work

Each figure names the area it covers. A missing line means the source publishes nothing for this area.

Rental vacancy rate: 3.0% October 2025 survey, Toronto, Ontario (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $62,880 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Toronto, Ontario, for two adults with two children. A modest, basic basket (the poverty line), not a resident’s budget. A size-class region is not the town itself.
Unemployment rate: 6.9% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, Toronto, Ontario (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.3 points. A survey estimate.

Job outlook

Employment and Social Development Canada’s rating for the occupation in the economic region. It is not a count of jobs, and says nothing about CaRMS positions or your match.

Outlook, 2025–2027: Good The employment outlook will be Good for specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine (NOC 31100) in the Toronto region for the 2025-2027 period.
Canada-wide, to 2033: Strong risk of Shortage ESDC’s projection for specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine, 2024–2033. Recent conditions, 2021–2023: Strong signs of Shortage.

Sources and licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Cartographic Boundary Files.
Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025 (vacancy rates), and Statistics Canada, Table 34-10-0130-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation or Statistics Canada of this product.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS), 2024 to 2033 projections).
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020).
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, 3-Year Employment Outlooks).
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Index of Remoteness (17-26-0001), 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0459-01 Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted, reference month 2026-09. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0066-01 Market Basket Measure (MBM) thresholds for the reference family by Market Basket Measure region, component and base year, 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0011-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0002-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0057-01 Household income statistics by household type: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0173-01 Mother tongue by knowledge of official languages: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0266-01 Indigenous identity by Registered or Treaty Indian status: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0307-01 Immigrant status and period of immigration by place of birth: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0458-01 Main mode of commuting by commuting duration, time leaving for work, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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